Tag Archives: Japan

The North Korean regime launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday into the Japanese special economic zone of the Sea of Japan. The missile reached an altitude of 4,500km (2,800 miles), the highest a North Korean missile has ever flown. The missile fired on Wednesday is the latest in a series of ICBMs which Kim […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated that the government is preparing for a possible influx of refugees in case of a crisis on the Korean Peninsula. The Japanese government is drawing up plans for procedures such as protecting foreigners, constructing and operating shelters and screening asylum seekers. The government is also working on a plan […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to visit Washington, D.C., from February 9-13. During the arranged talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Abe will attempt to secure economic ties over a round of golf (Japan Times 1). Seeking to alleviate Trump’s previous criticism of Japan being an “unfair trade partner,” Abe will reportedly offer […]

Despite their wartime history and territorial disputes, the Chinese and Japanese governments are making efforts to improve relations. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met for private talks during the G20 summit this past weekend (Reuters). Because China and Japan have the biggest economies in East Asia, Xi stated the two […]

Citizens of Okinawa are becoming more opposed to the presence of American military installations (Reuters 1). Recently, American military personnel and contractors have been involved in a wave of crime (Shanghai Daily). An American soldier raped a young Japanese schoolgirl, an American contractor murdered a Japanese woman and an American sailor caused a car accident […]

As of Wednesday, April 20, 2016, the death toll from the two earthquakes that hit Kumamoto prefecture in Japan last weekend has increased to 48 (CBS). The first earthquake that hit was a 6.2 magnitude, followed by a 7.3 magnitude about 27 hours later (ABC). No nuclear facilities were damaged and there were no tsunami warnings issued after […]